A Java program to check if a primitive array contains a primitive value. Check the blogpost at https://coderolls.com/java-check-if-array-contains-value-or-element/

CheckInPrimitiveArray.java

/**
 * A Java program to check if a primitive array contains a primitive value
 * 
 * @author Gaurav Kukade at coderolls.com
 *
 */
public class CheckInPrimitiveArray {

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		
		int[] numbers = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7};
		
		int intToCheck = 5;
		boolean contains = false;
		
		for(int number: numbers) {
			// check if number and intToCheck are equal,
			// if yes make contains as true and break the loop
			if(number == intToCheck) {
				contains = true;
				break;
			}
		}
        	
    if(contains){
        System.out.println("The numbers array contians the value '"+intToCheck+"'.");
    }else {
      System.out.println("The numbers array does not contian the value '"+intToCheck+"'.");
    }
	}
  
  //Output:
  // The numbers array contians the value '5'.
}